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Inside: News Opinion Entertainment page 2 page 4 page 7 Sports Classifieds Comics page 9 page 12 page 12 Winter fun at Winterfest see page 8 OS i m mm 100 YHARS 1 Thursday, January 21, 1988 LJ Weber State College Vol. 48 No. 25 Students protest Reva Smith Copy Editor A group of WSC Palestinian students held a public protest west of the Union Building yesterday in response to Israeli aggressions against Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The group, called the Islamic Association for Palestine, claim that Israel violates the Palestinian people's basic rights of speech, food, work, worship, movement and self-determination.Aiman Arafat, a WSC Palestinian student, said that over 75 Palestinians have been gunned down, that hundreds have been wounded, and that thousands have been detained and tortured. WSC's international student senator, Nicholas Bolano, also spoke of the history of Palestine and the fact that the people are "denied the right to a nationality." "They have no homeland. They don't even have passports," said Bolano. To prove his point, he asked the Palestinians in the audience if they had passports. Some replied they did not. "I feel that these (protests) must be done all over the United States until some action is taken. People must know what is going on. The truth is drama worse than people realize," said Bolano. One student was overheard to exclaim "What gives him (Bolano) the right to say these things? He's a Mormon; he's had three different religions; he's anti-Semitic." In a later response to these comments, Bolano said, "What people see with thcir eyes is not often what is the truth. My personal beliefs, whatever they are, are not relevant. What gives me the right to speak are the same things that give anyone the "v ISRAELS SOLDIER Alii: u.UVY IK STOMES DOMT KILL J - BULLET5 t DO I if Jltw I I 1 sir" ei - - - v. v . N f t Protest signs abounded during a peaceful demonstration protesting Israeli aggression against Palestinians. The demonstration, held west of the Union Building, was sponsored by the Islamic Association for Palestine. (Signpost photo: Larry Jensen) right to speak. I have researched the facts of the sad reality that is going on in Palestine." Several students stopped to listen to the speakers's views about Palestine. "I don't know much about it, but I'm going to find out," said Mark Adams, a junior at WSC. Mohamed Al-Hasan, a WSC junior majoring in automotive engineering, told of his parents' flight from Palestine in 1967 as a result of the Middle East War. They went to Kuwait, where Al-Hasan was born. According to Al-Hasan, Palestinians who have been away from their homeland for a long period of time cannot return unless they have close relatives to visit "close" meaning a parent, brother or sister. Cousins do not qualify. Al-Hasan said, "Even right now I have some American friends of Palestinian origin who returned to Palestine for a visit. They were joined by some American friends. The whole group was hassled, but those of Palestinian origin were harrasscd more by the Israeli government. They sought help from the American Embassy, but were turned away." Osama Juma'a, another WSC Palestinian student, said "I would go back right now. I wouldn't be afraid. We have a saying, 'When a guy gets slapped on his face once, it hurts, but keep slapping him, and soon it won't matter.' We have been slapped so much, we're starting to fight back. I don't care if I'm killed as long as I fight." "We say 'Palestine.' Ahh, we wish it was," said Juma'a. Supreme Court ruling appalls observers - (CPS) - College press observers are "appalled" by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gives public school officials new, broad authority to censor student newspapers, but arc unsure how the Jan. 13 ruling will affect college newspapers in particular. "It's an appalling decision," said Dr. Louis Inlgehart, the author of several books about student press freedoms and professor emeritus of journalism at Indiana's Ball Suae University. "It has serious implications for the high school press. But I don't know what implications it will have for the college press." "It's a limiting of the First Amendment at a lime we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Constitution," said Tom Rolnicki, head of the Associated Collegiate Press and a University of Minnesota journalism professor. "This is a black day." "This has the potential for being a devastating case," said Mark Goodman of the Student Press Law Center. "But the court said in a footnote that the case is not "The Supreme Court decision will force high school journalists to focus on trivial issues like reporting on who was named the prom king and queen. I don't see any challenge in that." -ILL. Hall dealing directly with the college press, and decisions affecting the college press will be left for another day." The ruling stemmed from a 1983 incident in which Robert Reynolds, the principal of Hazel wood East High School in suburban St. Louis, refused to let The-Spectrum -the school's paper-published students' articles about teenage pregnancy ?.nd the effects of divorce on children. When Reynolds ordered the stories deleted three journalism students, Kathy Kuhlmcicr, Lee Ann Tippct-West and Leslie Smart, sued Reynolds and other school officials contending their freedom of speech has been violated. In its 5-3 decision, however, the Supreme Court ruled school newspapers-at least those run as part of journalism labs-arc not public forums protected by the First Amendment. Principals and teachers, the court said, "arc entitled to regulate the content of" a for-crcdil nev. , ; ' i 'as they're entitled to regulate the content of any other kind of classroom activity. (see SUPREME COURT on pa;e 6)

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Inside: News Opinion Entertainment page 2 page 4 page 7 Sports Classifieds Comics page 9 page 12 page 12 Winter fun at Winterfest see page 8 OS i m mm 100 YHARS 1 Thursday, January 21, 1988 LJ Weber State College Vol. 48 No. 25 Students protest Reva Smith Copy Editor A group of WSC Palestinian students held a public protest west of the Union Building yesterday in response to Israeli aggressions against Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The group, called the Islamic Association for Palestine, claim that Israel violates the Palestinian people's basic rights of speech, food, work, worship, movement and self-determination.Aiman Arafat, a WSC Palestinian student, said that over 75 Palestinians have been gunned down, that hundreds have been wounded, and that thousands have been detained and tortured. WSC's international student senator, Nicholas Bolano, also spoke of the history of Palestine and the fact that the people are "denied the right to a nationality." "They have no homeland. They don't even have passports," said Bolano. To prove his point, he asked the Palestinians in the audience if they had passports. Some replied they did not. "I feel that these (protests) must be done all over the United States until some action is taken. People must know what is going on. The truth is drama worse than people realize," said Bolano. One student was overheard to exclaim "What gives him (Bolano) the right to say these things? He's a Mormon; he's had three different religions; he's anti-Semitic." In a later response to these comments, Bolano said, "What people see with thcir eyes is not often what is the truth. My personal beliefs, whatever they are, are not relevant. What gives me the right to speak are the same things that give anyone the "v ISRAELS SOLDIER Alii: u.UVY IK STOMES DOMT KILL J - BULLET5 t DO I if Jltw I I 1 sir" ei - - - v. v . N f t Protest signs abounded during a peaceful demonstration protesting Israeli aggression against Palestinians. The demonstration, held west of the Union Building, was sponsored by the Islamic Association for Palestine. (Signpost photo: Larry Jensen) right to speak. I have researched the facts of the sad reality that is going on in Palestine." Several students stopped to listen to the speakers's views about Palestine. "I don't know much about it, but I'm going to find out," said Mark Adams, a junior at WSC. Mohamed Al-Hasan, a WSC junior majoring in automotive engineering, told of his parents' flight from Palestine in 1967 as a result of the Middle East War. They went to Kuwait, where Al-Hasan was born. According to Al-Hasan, Palestinians who have been away from their homeland for a long period of time cannot return unless they have close relatives to visit "close" meaning a parent, brother or sister. Cousins do not qualify. Al-Hasan said, "Even right now I have some American friends of Palestinian origin who returned to Palestine for a visit. They were joined by some American friends. The whole group was hassled, but those of Palestinian origin were harrasscd more by the Israeli government. They sought help from the American Embassy, but were turned away." Osama Juma'a, another WSC Palestinian student, said "I would go back right now. I wouldn't be afraid. We have a saying, 'When a guy gets slapped on his face once, it hurts, but keep slapping him, and soon it won't matter.' We have been slapped so much, we're starting to fight back. I don't care if I'm killed as long as I fight." "We say 'Palestine.' Ahh, we wish it was," said Juma'a. Supreme Court ruling appalls observers - (CPS) - College press observers are "appalled" by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that gives public school officials new, broad authority to censor student newspapers, but arc unsure how the Jan. 13 ruling will affect college newspapers in particular. "It's an appalling decision," said Dr. Louis Inlgehart, the author of several books about student press freedoms and professor emeritus of journalism at Indiana's Ball Suae University. "It has serious implications for the high school press. But I don't know what implications it will have for the college press." "It's a limiting of the First Amendment at a lime we're celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Constitution," said Tom Rolnicki, head of the Associated Collegiate Press and a University of Minnesota journalism professor. "This is a black day." "This has the potential for being a devastating case," said Mark Goodman of the Student Press Law Center. "But the court said in a footnote that the case is not "The Supreme Court decision will force high school journalists to focus on trivial issues like reporting on who was named the prom king and queen. I don't see any challenge in that." -ILL. Hall dealing directly with the college press, and decisions affecting the college press will be left for another day." The ruling stemmed from a 1983 incident in which Robert Reynolds, the principal of Hazel wood East High School in suburban St. Louis, refused to let The-Spectrum -the school's paper-published students' articles about teenage pregnancy ?.nd the effects of divorce on children. When Reynolds ordered the stories deleted three journalism students, Kathy Kuhlmcicr, Lee Ann Tippct-West and Leslie Smart, sued Reynolds and other school officials contending their freedom of speech has been violated. In its 5-3 decision, however, the Supreme Court ruled school newspapers-at least those run as part of journalism labs-arc not public forums protected by the First Amendment. Principals and teachers, the court said, "arc entitled to regulate the content of" a for-crcdil nev. , ; ' i 'as they're entitled to regulate the content of any other kind of classroom activity. (see SUPREME COURT on pa;e 6)